Player Quotes - Page 9

• The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.

  Brian May

  Albums, Orchestra, Nine

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• I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.

  Jo Stafford

  Philosophy, Talking, Bumps

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• There's just not a lot of guys around playing like that these days; a lot of steel players are plugging into stomp boxes, trying to sound like Jeff Beck on a steel guitar.

  John Fogerty

  Guitar, Guy, Trying

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• I think umpires have too much power, without any system of checks and balances and the more money a player makes, the more the umpire tries to show off that power to him. Unfortunately, since I signed my contract my strike zone has suddenly become a lot larger.

  Ozzie Smith

  Thinking, Umpires, Balance

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• If you want to become a super club you have to be ready to play against super clubs. In the past couple of years, we've seen a mentality that has emerged that our players aren't on the field to get autographs. It's an opportunity to prove what we've been shouting from the rooftops for a long time, that we've been producing quality players and we can play with the best teams in the world.

  Alexi Lalas

  Couple, Team, Past

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• I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Baseball, Jobs, Thinking

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• And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were to actually see really good players play up close. That gives you an idea of fingering and technique and what not.

  Dweezil Zappa

  Dad, Ideas, Giving

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• When everyone has good players, teaching will be a telling difference.

  John Wooden

  Sports, Teaching, Differences

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• I am here to give my players the little push they need, just like they needed long ago, when first learning the art of the swing. All you needed then was a little push, and quickly you were pumping away, flying higher and higher, without any more help from the 'coach.'

  John Kessel

  Sports, Art, Swings

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• The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Wise, Winning

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• Bill Walton, UH Volleyball coach, after his player kept looking at him on the bench every time the ball hit the floor...Next time you look at me I'll put you on the bench where you can see me better. My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they are popular. You make them because they are right.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Leadership, Sports, Volleyball

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• While I was coaching, I believe the motivation talk I gave my players that achieved the best results was in reference to their present game-day effort. I stressed the fact that today's performance could be the most important of their life. Yesterday's performance was already history. Tomorrow really never comes, so today's performance is what really counts.

  Bill Sharman

  Leadership, Sports, Motivation

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• At school I had a really hard time being a guitar player. It’s like being a male ballerina in a way. It’s not the norm.

  Orianthi

  School, Hard Times, Guitar

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• I criticize a lot of players and coaches. But I back it up with facts. A lot of times guys get mad at me because someone told them what I said. I say, 'You're wrong: Go check the tape.

  Phil Simms

  Mad, Guy, Tape

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• There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

  Jerry Rice

  Football, Being The Best, Enjoy

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• When I got into the Beatles, I must have only been about six or seven but old enough to take notice. We used to have an old radiogram which, for readers of a certain age, was like a big cabinet thing with a record player inside it.

  Paul Weller

  Age, Records, Cabinets

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• But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.

  Krist Novoselic

  Guitar, Dimes, Dozen

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• It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.

  Jamie Carragher

  Soccer, Football, Years

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• I tried to nutmeg him. It never came off and he gave me a slap on the back of the head and told me to start behaving

  Steven Gerrard

  Soccer, Football, Slap

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• People say you're too good - you're never too good to go down, believe me. I've seen it at Leeds. We had a better team at Leeds than we have now and they went down eventually.

  Jonathan Woodgate

  Soccer, Football, Team

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• You were only a goalkeeper.

  Diego Maradona

  Soccer, Football, Goalkeepers

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• When we kicked off and no one came to mark me I thought, 'Hello, it's Christmas.'

  Paul Merson

  Soccer, Football, Hello

  "Merson cashes in on McGhee's peace offering" by Mark Tallentire, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2003.

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• It's not a problem. In four or five days I will be beautiful once again.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Beautiful, Soccer, Football

  "Cristiano Ronaldo is modest" by Matt Ufford, uproxx.com. October 4, 2007.

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• Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical shock each time their robot got hammered, then, yes, it would be a sport.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• I am a fascist, not a racist. I give the straight arm salute because it is a salute from a 'camerata' to 'camerati'. The salute is aimed at my people. With the straight arm I don't want to incite violence and certainly not racial hatred.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Football, People

  "Paolo Di Canio row intensifies as dean of Durham sends open letter". www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2013.

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